dao
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See also: Dao and Appendix:Variations of "dao"
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit").
Proper noun[edit]
dao
- (Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
Noun[edit]
dao (usually uncountable, plural daos)
- (historical) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
Limburgish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
dao
Synonyms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
dao
- for that reason
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
dao
- Nonstandard spelling of dāo.
- Nonstandard spelling of dáo.
- Nonstandard spelling of dǎo.
- Nonstandard spelling of dào.
Usage notes[edit]
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 刀 (“knife”; SV: đao), from Proto-Vietic *-taːw
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [z̻aːw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jaːw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaːw˧˥]
- Homophone: Dao; giao
Noun[edit]
(classifier con) dao (刀, 釖, 鉸)
Derived terms[edit]
- dao cạo (“razor”)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Chinese
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Philosophy
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- Limburgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish adverbs
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin pinyin
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Vietnamese terms derived from Sinitic languages
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with homophones
- Vietnamese con class nouns
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- vi:Cutlery
- vi:Weapons
